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Matthew Engel urges us to hang tough against Americanisms in this entertaining history of linguistic imperialism Toilet training: is nowhere safe from the Americanisms that have been polluting our language for years? Tim Adams Monday 3 July 2017 08.00 BSTLast modified on Tuesday 4 July 2017 11.49 BST Iworked for a few years in my 20s at the literary…

The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union The_United_Kingdom’s_exit_from_and_partnership_with_the_EU_Web HM Government – Publications The Guardian Brexit white paper: key points explained All you need to know about the government’s outline for how the UK plans to leave the EU David Davis publishes Brexit white paper – Politics live A pedestrian…

When I started the blog I decided that I would add at least one post a day (except weekends) but in my naiveté I did not factor in Eskom and its planned power failures, Telkom (whom I have now needed to phone for the third Monday in a row) and the disappearance yesterday of all my folders…

Books on BBC iPlayer Radio To break the monotony of the daily commute, my wife enjoys listening to books (either as readings or dramatisations) in the car. So I decided to create a mini database of what the Beeb has to offer to keep up-to-date and not miss out on episodes of a particular…

Frequency of Laughter | Radio 4 | From 18 October; available on BBC iPlayer Radio with over a year to listen and also available as a podcast. The Frequency of Laughter is a six-part history of radio comedy, covering 1975-2005, presented by journalist and radio fan Grace Dent. In each episode she brings together two…

War of Words | BBC 2 | Saturday 15 November; available on BBC iPlayer until 14 December The 1916 Battle of the Somme remains the most famous battle of World War I, remembered for its bloodshed and its limited territorial gains. What is often overlooked, however, is the literary importance of the Somme: more writers…

Boris Johnson | The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History | Hodder 9781444783025 ‘The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man can make all the difference.’ On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill’s death, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the ‘Churchill Factor’ – the singular brilliance of one…

Today marks the 96th anniversary of the armistice that brought an end to the First World War. 2014 is of course the centenary of the outbreak of the war, and the BBC has a dedicated World War One TV & Radio website. Viewers within the UK (or those outside the UK using a UK VPN)…

Books Etc Blog Welcome! When I started the Books Etc website in January (2014) I tinkered with the idea of a blog, experimented a bit and put the idea to one side as, frankly, I hadn’t a clue what I was doing and the learning curve for this arts grad was a tad too…